Today was the internet's big protest day against SOPA and PIPA, and not surprisingly, there was plenty of discussion about the issue on Twitter. Specifically, the company tweeted that that there were more than 2.4 million SOPA-related tweets between midnight and 4pm Eastern time.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/kMmBS0ii6kM/
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The professional track master?s program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with its strong focus on science journalism, dates back to the 1960s, making it one of the oldest such programs in the country. Over the years, some of the country?s best known science journalists ? including both William J. Broad and Jane Brody of The New York Times ? have studied at Wisconsin. And program graduate Deborah Blum (blog), a Pulitzer-prize winning science writer, is now a professor in the UW School of Journalism and Mass Communication.
In the last decade alone, the Wisconsin program has taught a variety of graduate students who now work as science writers in a wide range of positions, such as Tinsley Davis, the executive director of the National Association of Science Writers; Suzanne Rust, an investigative environmental reporter for California Watch; Jennifer Evans, at the Society for Neuroscience, and Chad Boutin, at the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Here are some examples of work by recent graduates:
Kathleen Masterson, a National Public Radio reporter based in Iowa, has made a point of illuminating the science connection to agriculture. In this story last summer, she explored the possibility that farmers might set aside growing food in favor of harvesting money from gas rich sands on their lands.
Dinesh Ramde, an Associated Press reporter based in Milwaukee, just published this story on forensic anthropology and the use of photos of the dead in cold-case work, which was picked up by Salon.
Adam Hinterthuer, web editor at the Institutes for Journalism and Natural Resources at the University of Wisconsin, also freelances for a variety of publications, including the occasional blog for Audubon magazine.
Krishna Ramanujan, a science writer at Cornell University, wrote this fascinating story about predator competition between humans and snakes (including a long history of attacking and eating each other). Published in December, it got 100,000 hits in a week.
Two new graduates, Marianne English and Timothy Oleson, who received their master?s degrees in December, both worked for science journalism publications while in school. Among their work, English did this thoughtful analysis of research suggesting that caffeine fends off depression for Discovery News and this clear-headed look at uranium for How Stuff Works. While interning for Earth magazine this summer, Oleson wrote this analysis of the arsenic life controversy and this charming guide to geology-speak terminology.
And here is a few examples from students currently in the master?s program, at UW-Madison:
Kate Prengman, a science writing major with an undergraduate degree in biology, collaborated with Saideh Jamshidi, who is studying international relations, on this December piece looking at the science and politics of Iran?s nuclear program. It was published on the website, Bestthinking.com.
Prengaman is also collaborating with another science writing graduate, Emily Eggleston, on a food science blog, which explores everything from the health benefits of garlic to the physical structure of sugars in caramel. Eggleston also maintains a blog, Curious Terrain, which ranges in topic from data mining to the science of snow.
And Erin Podolak, interning in the summer for Geek System, wrote this piece about fossil evidence of live birth in dinosaurs. She continues to explore science issues on her blog, Science Decoded, where she often includes coverage of polar bears, one of her favorite species.
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I?m confused. On Sunday, Newt stopped off in Georgetown, S.C., a town that had suffered economically after a nearby steel plant in Gaffney acquired by Bain Capital went bankrupt, and said ? nothing whatsoever about Bain. Seemed like he was ready to cut his losses on that subject and move on, an impression affirmed last night after the debate by one of his senior advisors in an interview with Robert Costa:
Beyond a bump in the polls, Walker also sees tonight?s debate as an opportunity for Gingrich to pivot away from Bain attacks. ?We?ve suffered some backlash on those issues over the past week, but his answers on it tonight were right on target,? Walker says. In many respects, ?he has moved on to other issues that we think are going to be key for South Carolina voters.?
Makes sense. He hit the Bain stuff hard to put it on voters? radar screens and now he?s going to step away.
Or is he? New from Politico:
After being asked if he was attacking capitalism, Gingrich launched into a tirade:
?This is one of the bigger acts of baloney in modern times. Raising a question of judgment about a particular person in a particular company who has made that one of his two major claims for running for president is hardly an attack on capitalism,? Gingrich said. ?The Bain model in some companies, you look at Georgetown Steel and you can look Gaffney as two examples, the Bain model is to go in a at very low price, borrow an immense amount of money, pay Bain a great deal of money and leave. Now, I?ll let you decide if that is really a good capitalism.
?I think it is exploitative. I think it?s not defensible. You?ll notice he doesn?t try to defend it. He hasn?t brought up a single one of these companies,? said Gingrich, although Romney did cite Staples and others in Monday?s debate?
?I?m proud of real capitalists. I?m proud of guys who say to their workers, ?I?m in it with you. If I lose money and you lose a job, we lost together because we both tried.? But I?m not particularly proud of people who go in, leverage the game, borrow the money, leave the debt behind and walk off with all the profits.?
Newt being Newt, we can only guess whether the campaign?s strategy on Bain changed at some point today and he?s just following the new blueprint or if he fully intended to keep ignoring this subject but couldn?t resist unloading on Romney again once he got a question about it. Maybe the post-debate internal polling showed him surging and he thinks this is one way to ride it? (Romney?s team seems to suddenly be taking him seriously again.) Or maybe there?s a simple difference of opinion among this advisors about whether attacking Bain is useful or counterproductive. Another Costa piece today at National Review has Newt?s spokesman saying this:
Indeed, to Hammond and others within the Gingrich camp, the candidate?s Bain-themed rhetoric is the keystone for their larger case. Hammond argues that there is a major gap ?between what [Romney] says and reality,? and that to think Romney?s years at Bain will suddenly be an asset in November, after Democrats comb through the records, would be foolish. ?It?s not Bain that?s the problem; it?s the narrative,? Hammond says. ?[Romney] has a record, and he refuses to be accountable for it,? from his private-sector work to his gubernatorial decisions. ?Romney has established his own conventional wisdom,? adds a senior Gingrich adviser. ?Our job, in ads and on the stump, is to puncture it, and challenge his electability.?
Could be they?ve simply decided that the situation is desperate and that it?s kitchen-sink time. On Sunday, when Newt swung by Georgetown, S.C., the three most recent polls had him within two to seven points of Romney. Since then, after Huntsman announced he was dropping out yesterday morning, the three newest polls have Romney leading by 11 to 14 points. All of those were conducted before the debate, but not even a nice performance by Gingrich last night will eliminate a double-digit lead. Bain attacks could be his last chance. Can?t wait to see what he does with them on Thursday in his last big national soapbox before South Carolina votes. Exit quotation from Rasmussen: ?Sixty-two percent (62%) of all GOP voters in the state view Romney?s business record as a reason to support him.?
Update: Here?s a fun little talking point for the general election if/when Romney becomes the nominee.
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We get mailed a lot of stuff at TechCrunch and sometimes a good item will slip through the cracks. This iRiffPort has been sitting in my pile of gear since it came out in October. I wrote a review. Shot some photos. It was all ready to roll and then somehow it got misplaced and I forgot about it completely. Too bad, because it is a good cable. This week, I received a postcard from Kevin Robertson, head honcho at PocketLabWorks and also the creator of the iRiffPort. He asked me what I thought of his device (and the software with which it works). The iRiffPort...Oh yeah, I think I remember that I liked that thing. What happened to it??I dug through my closet, found it, plugged it in and lo and behold, I had remembered correctly?it was a solid device.Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/Wc5uOC7A2Jk/
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LONDON (Reuters) ? British luxury brand Burberry Group Plc (BRBY.L) reported a sharp slowdown in U.S. sales growth as it chose to cut back supplies for department stores to sell through their discount outlets, knocking its high-flying shares.
The 156-year-old seller of raincoats and leather goods, known for its camel, red and black check pattern, said on Tuesday it wanted to focus on more profitable full-price sales and was seeing no overall moderation in demand.
The group met forecasts with a 22 percent rise in third-quarter revenue. Some analysts said the figures were flattered by a pulling forward of wholesale orders and that the firm's full-year guidance implied little growth in fourth-quarter wholesale sales.
"Nothing wrong with the overall numbers, however the poor performance in the U.S. and the weak 4Q guidance may worry the market," Liberum analysts said in a research note.
At 0915 GMT, Burberry shares were down 1.9 percent at 1,275 pence, the biggest fall at that time by a European blue chip stock.
Luxury goods shares have wobbled in recent months amid signs of a slowdown in economic growth in China, the engine of recent strong demand for high-end goods, and fears the euro zone debt crisis could drag the world back into recession.
Jeweler Tiffany (TIF.N) and watchmaker Swatch (UHR.VX) last week warned of slower growth.
However, Swiss luxury group Richemont (CFR.VX) on Monday said its third-quarter sales held up well.
Burberry's shares, which rocketed around 10 times in value from November 2008 to July 2011, are trading well below their peak of 1,610 pence, but also clear of their October low of 1,034 pence.
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Burberry said it made 574 million pounds ($880 million) of revenue in the three months to December 31, just above analysts' average forecast of 569 million in a Reuters poll.
Finance chief Stacey Cartwright said the slowdown in growth from 29 percent in the first half was due to tougher comparable figures the year before and demand from Asian shoppers and tourists in particular remained strong.
Sales in the Asia-Pacific region jumped 39 percent to 210 million pounds, accounting for the largest proportion of the total, while strong demand from travelers drove sales in major cities such as London, Paris and Hong Kong.
Sales growth in the Americas, however, slowed to 4 percent from 20 percent in the first half.
Cartwright said this was due to the group's decision to cut back sales to the discount outlets of department stores and focus on more profitable full-price sales. Demand in Burberry's own stores in the Americas remained strong, she added.
Sales at retail outlets open over a year climbed 13 percent for the group as a whole, just ahead of a forecast 12 percent increase, though down from 16 percent in the first half.
Burberry said it was pressing ahead with its expansion plans while remaining mindful of the difficult economic backdrop.
It expects retail selling space to rise 13-14 percent in the second half, down from around 15 percent previously, due in part to the closure of some concessions in Spain.
Cartwright said southern European shoppers were showing more strain from the euro zone debt crisis than those in the north.
Burberry remained comfortable with analysts full-year consensus forecast for underlying profits to grow by about a quarter to 375 million pounds, she added.
The group said wholesale revenues rose 15 percent at constant currencies, helped by a rephasing of deliveries to the third quarter from the fourth. It expects wholesale revenues for the second-half to rise by a mid-single digit percentage.
($1 = 0.6524 pound)
(Editing by Dan Lalor and Hans-Juergen Peters)
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By Kurt Schlosser
Another Golden Globe Awards ceremony is in the books. That means the only thing there's left to talk about is when you're going to see "The Descendants" or "The Artist" or "The Iron Lady" before the Oscars. Oh, and?who looked best on the red carpet.
We took a quick spin through the fashions earlier Sunday night with a live blog aimed at showing some of the arrivals before showtime. Seems we managed to capture at least a few of the favorites out there. TODAY style editor Bobbie Thomas was on point with her fashion-minded tweets throughout the red carpet, and we turn to her here for a critique of the top six looks of the night.
So check out Angelina Jolie, Evan Rachel Wood, Tilda Swinton, Paula Patton, Charlize Theron and Claire Danes. And at the bottom of this post, vote for your favorite ... or name someone else who you liked better in the comments.
Angelina Jolie: #HeadTurner -- she?s a master of simple elegance, the Atelier Versace was a flawless fit and her red lips were a perfect accent.
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Evan Rachel Wood: #DontMissDetails -- always sleek and edgy, from sequins to feathers -- she pulls off a gorgeous textured "scaled" gown.
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Tilda Swinton: #AvanteGarde -- a fashion favorite?and refreshingly original (as always) in a powder blue Haider Ackermann ensemble.
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Paula Patton: #Fresh -- the rising star was in sync with a bold new color, and popped on the red carpet in Monique Lhuillier.
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Charlize Theron: #RiskTaker?-- not afraid of a big fashionable bow, Theron was stunning in a softly structured Dior.
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Helen Mirren: #Timeless?-- the ever graceful talent Mirren sweeps the carpet in a midnight blue Badgley Mischka dress, proving style knows no age.
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Who looked best on the Golden Globes red carpet?
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| Angelina Jolie | ? 45.4% (11,741 votes) |
| Helen Mirren | ? 20% (5,166 votes) |
| Charlize Theron | ? 13.7% (3,556 votes) |
| Paula Patton | ? 6.4% (1,667 votes) |
| Evan Rachel Wood | ? 6% (1,548 votes) |
| Someone else, who I'll name in the comments | ? 5.6% (1,458 votes) |
| Tilda Swinton | ? 2.8% (731 votes) |
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ISTANBUL ? Turkish Kurds vented their rage Friday over a botched military airstrike aimed at Kurdish rebels that instead killed 35 civilians, with thousands lamenting the dead at funerals and scores clashing with police at demonstrations.
The government promised a full inquiry into Wednesday's air strikes, which struck a group of smugglers and resulted in one of the highest single-day civilian death tolls in the long-standing conflict between the Turkish state and Kurdish rebels, who took up arms in 1984.
Even before the latest violence, a government campaign to reconcile with Kurds, who make up roughly 20 percent of Turkey's 74 million people, by granting them more rights has stalled amid a surge in fighting this year.
Footage from the Dogan news agency showed people digging graves on a hill near the southeast village of Gulyazi, home of some of the slain smugglers, and the funeral rites quickly took on a political tone.
Thousands walked along a mountain path with coffins draped in red, yellow and green, the colors associated with Kurdish identity and the rebel group PKK, whose Kurdish acronym stands for Kurdistan Workers' Party. Victims' families demanded revenge and called Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "murderer," according to Firat, a pro-Kurdish news agency.
For a second day, stone-throwing demonstrators clashed with police who responded with tear gas and water cannons in several cities in the mostly Kurdish southeast. Protesters lobbed rocks at a national ruling party office in Diyarbakir, the region's biggest city, and Firat said 30 people were arrested there.
One person was injured and six arrested in southeastern Van city, the state-run Anadolu news agency said. Meanwhile, several hundred people protested peacefully in Istanbul, while some 500 Iraqi Kurds denounced the airstrikes in a rally in the city of Irbil in the Kurdish-controlled region of northern Iraq.
A somber Erdogan described the attack near the border village of Ortasu in Sirnak province as "unfortunate" and "saddening," noting half the dead were under age 20. He said two F-16s bombed the area after images provided by drones showed a 40-person group approaching the border from the Iraqi side.
"It was revealed later that they were part of a group smuggling cigarettes, diesel fuel and such," he said.
Usually, according to Erdogan, such smuggling is done by groups of just three to five people. He said at least two recent deadly attacks on military outposts near the Iraq-Turkey border were carried out by guerrillas who smuggled guns across the border on mules.
Four hours of official video footage of the raid will be examined, he said.
In an email statement, the PKK called the strikes a "massacre," and referred to "technical and intelligence support" provided by the United States, which recently deployed four Predator drones to Turkey from Iraq to aid Ankara in its fight against the rebels.
The military, meanwhile, issued a message of condolence carried on Anadolu news agency. There was no apology, but such a public outreach is highly unusual for the Turkish armed forces, which are traditionally tightlipped about operations.
"We wish God's mercy and grace to those who lost their lives in the cross-border incident of Dec. 28, 2011, and extend our condolences to their family and friends," the statement said. Last week, the military reported the deaths of 48 suspected rebels in offensives backed by air power.
While many Kurds have assimilated and are not politically active, a significant number feel marginalized and want autonomy in Kurdish-dominated southeast Turkey. The rebels have long used northern Iraq as a springboard for hit-and-run attacks on Turkish targets.
The conflict has been a drag on Turkey's efforts to burnish its image as a regional model and advocate for democratic change in neighboring countries such as Syria, where thousands have died since an uprising began in March.
Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, a chief architect of Turkey's rising profile, said the airstrikes would be thoroughly investigated and should not be exploited for political gain. Another top official, Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc, said the inquiry would not be a whitewash.
"If there is any negligence, any fault or any intention, those who are responsible will be found and will endure the consequences," Arinc said.
The Turkish government has taken some conciliatory steps toward the Kurds, allowing Kurdish-language institutes and private Kurdish courses as well as Kurdish television broadcasts. But Kurdish activists say far more needs to be done to heal scars dating from a time when the Kurdish language was banned, and cite police roundups of Kurdish politicians, journalists and others suspected of rebel links as a sign of intolerance for the minority.
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Associated Press writers Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey, and Yahya Barzanji in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq, contributed.
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